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I don’t drink coffee but every now and again I’ll pop into a coffee shop for a hot chocolate or tea.
I cannot believe the prices! Today I paid £2.95 for a very poor hot chocolate. Some of the more exotic coffees were even more expensive - almost four quid!
And it gets worse - a very small slice of cheesecake was £3.75
A chocolate muffin £3.25
A tiny pizza (it was the size of the palm of your hand) was £4.95!
I cannot believe the prices! Today I paid £2.95 for a very poor hot chocolate. Some of the more exotic coffees were even more expensive - almost four quid!
And it gets worse - a very small slice of cheesecake was £3.75
A chocolate muffin £3.25
A tiny pizza (it was the size of the palm of your hand) was £4.95!
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Yes, I went in one called 'Costa' and it lived up to it's name.
Funny thing is it was doing a roaring trade, must be making fortunes out of mugs (if you'll pardon the pun) The Mrs loves the place!  |
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I must say I found it very strange seeing teenagers buying coffee on their way to school. Each one was handing over three quid for a latte - probably using their lunch money.
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I just hate being stared at when I walk past these damn places.
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a chocolate muffin 3.25 scand
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I don't drink coffee either Mr.E. I'm more than happy with a mug of strong tea in the local cafe which is 70p.
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70p!!!!!!
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I know, it's an outrage but that's London prices for you
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Coffee(albeit filter) in pret in Stanstead airport,99p take a bow,feck the muffin.
This sounds so old and i won't say desperately sad (maybe verging), but won't people be better off getting a flask and putting their coffee money what they spend in a week towards ther mortgage\/,it would knock years off it. |
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£2.95 a cup ! fook sake yer can get a jar of gold blend intstant coffee for around the same price , but the mugs who frequent these places must be loaded or fookin stupid as op says if ya want a coffee and a cake ya wont get much change from a tenner . up thier bollax i say !
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I used to work with a girl who would drink three large lattes a day (£3 a pop).
She was always wondering why she was skint... |
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love this one
my mates works away a lot likes a coffee in costa out with his wife one saturday went to costa for 2 coffees couple of sandwiches,cake came to about £16 lady said do you no you,ve got about £40 on your loyalty card would you like to use that he said yeh,do you mind telling me how much ive spent to get that £40 please,she said no problem £1300 |
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People go into Costa heading into work as well
I mean that's all you need before going into work, a mug of sludge down your throat |
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The only other alternative at times is a slap of a wet tea towel across the puss.(or heavens forbid an energy drink).
You could be a bit fecked just trying to live your life but work interfers,a crutch needed? |
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Spoons.
£1.10 for as much of the stuff as you can drink. |
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do they clean the pipes?
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M8 ran a pub and it pissed him off no-end
that people would moan like hell paying £3.20 for a pint but would happily pay £4 for a latte out of starbucks or costa |
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Often find myself thinking about my next coffee.. These things are addictive and they have me...
  I LOVE COFFEE. |
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I have some experience
Rule 1. drink from a paper cup as it stays hot for longer From my extensive research Cafe Nero do the best coffee from a chain but they don't want to pay UK tax so I will not be filling their dividend payments. The best value imho is a bacon and sausage roll with a cappuccino from Greg's for two pound fifty. The coffee is averagely ok and the sausage and bacon roll with Houses of Parliament sauce is kwality. Why would you pay 2.95 for a coffee om it's own. Finally Aldi do a bag of coffee for 1.09. Ok not the best but decent enough! Get up, make your coffee at home and take it in a vacuum flask and ffs stop whingeing! My favourite coffee is Java Sumatra blue lingtong fwiw with a shot of brandy in it! in the morning! |
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I hardy drink any coffee, and, I just don't get the coffee craze - but you can have your Greggs with a cup of tea. You can get some egg in with your bacon too.
Unbeatable value. |
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Oh yeah, and I hate those great big thick cups they give you.
For £3-4 you should have bone china as a minimum requirement. I also appreciate the tip about paper cups, WD. |
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further to that Costa Coffee is never hot enough and at about 2.30 from a garage is no value at all!
Believe it or not MacDonalds is ok now. Best value is double sausage and egg MacMuffin breakfast meal with a hash brown for 4.10. Will fill you up till lunch and the coffee is more than acceptable! I think a cappuccino is about 1.60-1.70 |
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Lidl are selling a bottle of red wine for £3.29 from Thursday
Far better value And you can get drunk.  |
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coffee in these places awful as well.
better off going to an independent. probably just as expensive but at least the coffee won't taste like the bottom of a swamp. |
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No coincidence that former Starbucks CEO, Howard Schulz is a billionaire.
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Coffee is pure filth. £4 a cup
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agree with jack hacksaw regards thick rimmed mugs disgusting to drink out of,starbucks undrinkable out of their mugs
whats the difference between a flat white and an americano ? remember the days when some coffees were made with boiling milk instead of boiling water, are any of these fancy coffee,s using boiling milk I,m an americano,plain coffee and used to pay about 70p for mcdonalds coffee near work and perfectly acceptable |
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a glass of collective dairy kefir followed by a glass of coldpress pink
lady apple juice and a handjob is by far the best start to the day you cant put a price on it. |
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do mcdonalds still do the maple syrp pancake things?
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durham cricket charge £180-£2.50 a cup, but theres a sports centre attached has a coffee machine
that serves nice fresh ground coffee in paper cups for £1.00 ...  i quite like macdonalds coffee....pancakes are a breakfast item... |
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£1.80 not £180, lol
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ive realised if you are single the handjob part of it might be expensive.
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The coffee and a chat thing I sort of get but still wouldn't bother.
The coffee on the run makes even less sense. Most seem to be office types that I guess have a kitchen in their building. Can't they wait a while? Very clever by the coffee companies though. Come up with dozens of variations of the same filth and make people think they can't reach work without a cup. |
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Amusing to see workers carrying a cup of coffee around town on their way to work. Some hold it out in front, like some kind of trophy!
Guess it's a statement thing. |
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Used to be a bottle of water held for all to see.... times change.
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drinking it through a hole in the lid is a funny one to me
they may as well stick it in a bottle with a teat on, and get nanny to burp them on arrival at work |
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Filter coffee in London only £1.00 in Pret, all over the place too.
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mugs.
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Frickin Costa Costa on the ground floor of my local hospital!
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